Glen Scotia 1992 (bottled 2014) - The MacPhail's Collection (70cl, 43%) ***sold***
Distilled by Glen Scotia in Campbeltown in 1992 and bottled in 2014 by Gordon & MacPhail for their MacPhail's Collection series. A delicious whisky from an often sadly overlooked distillery.
Despite having been mothballed several times throughout its history, Glen Scotia is a proud survivor of the early 20th century desolation of Campbeltown, once known as "the whisky capital of the world.” The Kintyre peninsula formerly boasted over 30 distilleries, but by the end of the 1920s, only this and Springbank remained. Shut for most of the 1990s before being re-opened by Loch Lomond Distillers, today it is one of only three in the region, with an increasingly prominent portfolio of distillery bottlings in comparison to its quiet output under previous owners.